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headphones in the gym
The article was good, but one of your ideas listed, I don't think is of very good gym ediquette: headphones. If I had a nickel for everytime I had a run-in with an oblivious hardgainer, rocking out to his I-pod in my college's rec center, I wouldn't have to pay for college. So here's 5 situations headphones create:
1. Let's say you want to use a piece of equipment that Johnny I-tunes is using. Politely, you walk over between sets, and ask him how many sets he has left to do. You receive no acknowlegements. So you pause and try again, only a little louder this time. This process creates only two outcomes: 1.)He notices you standing there for a long period of time and looks at you like like you're some kind of weirdo, creating an odd situation.
2.)You get to the point where you're yelling. Everyone looks at you, and you look like a jackass.
2. You couldn't get a spotter for your bench press, and now the bar is sitting on your chest. You call over to Jimmy Jock Jams, who's sitting between reps at the bench next to you. He doesn't hear you. The weight is constricting your diaphragm, and it's hard to talk. Maybe he'll notice eventually.
3. Going back to needing a spotter. Let's say you need one, but the only people in the gym are Rockin' Out Rick's. Much like the first example, you find yourself wasting precious gym time and energy just to get his attention.
4. The bastard takes your weights or annexes your equipment because he didn't hear or see you put them down.
5. Next time you see a big guy banging his head to Pantera on his headphones, while Celine Dion is being played in the gym, just try and say he doesn't look like ridiculous.
In closing, Celine Dion is not a music artist to be enjoyed while trying to squat 600lbs, but headphones create a lack of perception in the weightroom. It's this lack of awareness that can cause both embarassing situations in a public place, as well as hazards. Remember, a gym is a place to work out, not rock out.
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Post this in MY gym!
So true!
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